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One in ten Australians suffer from osteoarthritis. Comedian Wil Anderson is an example of a relatively young person with a condition that has an extraordinary number of myths - not least being that theres not much you can do about it. In this episode you'll find up to date information about some ...

One in ten Australians suffer from osteoarthritis. Comedian Wil Anderson is an example of a relatively young person with a condition that has an extraordinary number of myths - not least being that theres not much you can do about it. In this episode you'll find up to date information about some ...

There are a number of misconceptions about the use of anti-rheumatic drug methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The drug is often confused for chemotherapy, as it can be used in combination with other cytotoxic drugs to treat cancer. But its use in the treatment regime for ...

Prolonged sitting time is linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity, arthritis and some cancers. But recognizing this and vowing to sit less is not enough to counter the ill effects of sitting for too long. Professor Ross Anderson and Associate Professor Susan Bartlett of McGill University in ...

Rheumatoid arthritis affects nearly half a million Australians, but now a team of researchers at the University of Queensland have had breakthrough developing a world-first vaccine-style treatment. They say their method, which has undergone the first the first phase of human trials, targets ...